After days of road crews trying to clear Arkansas roads, there is a noticeable difference between our highways and the ones in our neighboring state Missouri.

After days of road crews trying to clear Arkansas roads, there is a noticeable difference between our highways and the ones in our neighboring state Missouri.

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Updated: 9:55 AM CST Dec 10, 2013

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WEBVTT SHAPE DAYS AFTER THE SNOW STOPPED FALLING. BUT 40/29 FOUND OUT SOME OF THOSE SLICK SPOTS STOP AT THE STATE LINE. OUR BEN WAGNER IS LIVE ON THE ARKANSAS-MISSOURI BORDER. HE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH WHY ARKANSAS ROADS LOOK WORSE. THE DIFFERENCE IS NOTICEABLE HERE ON THE STATE LINE YOU CAN SEE -- THE MISSOURI SIDE IS RELATIVELY CLEAR BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE - IT'S A BIT MORE DANGEROUS. (sound of driving) AS YOU PASS OVER FROM ARKANSAS INTO MISSOURI (SOUND OF BUMPS) THE RIDE IS ROUGHER THAN USUAL. "It sucks." "Treacherous." THESE PICTURES CAME IN ON FACEBOOK SHOWING THE SNOW COVERED ARKANSAS SIDE NEXT TO THE CLEAR MISSOURI SIDE. (SOUND OF CARS DRIVING BY) TODAY - IT'S GOTTEN BETTER - BUT IT'S STILL NOT WHAT DRIVERS HAD HOPED FOR "I think Arkansas got a little bit cheated. "the roads are just as bad as they were the first day that this happened." IT'S NOT JUST MISSOURI - BUT OKLAHOMA CLEARING ROADS FIRST TOO. THESE PICTURES CAME IN NEAR DELAWARE COUNTY JUST OVER THE BENTON COUNTY LINE. Ben says, "They've seen clear roads in Missouri, clear roads in Oklahoma, why are Arkansas roads not?" Ort says, "I don't have an explanation for that and I think the pictures speak volumes. That's certainly not the results that we seek." THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S NOT A STATE BY STATE ISSUE IF YOU LOOK COUNTY BY COUNTY IN ARKANSAS - SOME ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHERS. THAT'S THE EXPLANATION -- BUT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CREWS SAY IT'S NOT THEIR GOAL. "I think it's fair to be critical of the results. I would caution that we would not want people to be critical of the effort. Our employees have been out working around the clock." WE FOUND OUT TODAY MISSOURI DOES SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THEY USE BEAT JUICE INSTEAD OF SALT BECAUSE THEIR CREWS SAY IT WORKS BETTER IN TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW FREEZING. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT ON THE ARKANSAS-MISSOURI BORDER, BEN WAGNER, 40/29 NEWS. COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX , WE

Many wonder...what are road crews in Missouri doing differently?

After days of road crews trying to clear Arkansas roads, there is a noticeable difference between our highways and the ones in our neighboring state Missouri.